In response to the Sydney Theatre Company’s (STC) production of Ben Jonson’s Volpone last year, I determined to undertake a study of the life and work of this extraordinary playwright and poet.
This production of Volpone tries so hard to be funny that it almost never is. There’s one notable exception. In Ben Jonson’s 1606 script, a wealthy, childless man named Volpone pretends he’s dying and ...
NEW YORKNEW YORK — Greed that overreaches and causes its own undoing is the primary target of Ben Jonson’s 1606 satire, “Volpone.” Considering the ongoing global financial crisis, it’s clear that ...
Does flu season have you in its wheezy grip? Do you suffer headache, sinus pain, body aches as you drag yourself to the Lucille Lortel for Ben Jonson’s Volpone? Well, whatever plagues you, Stephen ...
First performed at the Globe Theatre in early 1606, perhaps just weeks before the premiere of Macbeth, Ben Jonson’s timeless satire Volpone explores the insatiable desire for advancement and power ...
Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. African Caribbean theatre company Tangle will transpose Ben Jonson's ...
IF YOU'VE ever wondered how anyone falls for the internet scams whereby a Nigerian lawyer or Texan widow promises untold riches to randomly selected recipients, then take a trip to Ben Jonson’s ...
"Good morning to the day; and next, my gold!" declares the magnifico, Volpone, at the opening of Ben Jonson's satire on a corrupt society. Lez Brotherstone's design, in opulent red and black, sets the ...
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